Homeless People at Increased Risk of Insomnia

LONDON, Dec. 28 -- According to a new study by a team of researchers from Paris Descartes University, homeless people who live on streets in short-term shelters, small social services-paid hotels and other facilities which are constructed for homeless people with children may be at an increased risk of suffering from insomnia and daytime fatigue.
For the study, the researchers selected 3,453 people from French cities and interviewed them. Majority of the participants were men with an average age of 40.
The findings of the study revealed that homeless people did not take adequate sleep. They slept for less than four hours. About 41 percent of the participants suffered from insomnia. Women who were homeless were two times more likely to sleep for less than four hours as compared to men. The study also noted that 33 percent homeless people suffered from daytime fatigue, while 25 percent people said that they regularly took drugs to sleep properly.
The findings of the study were published in the journal, JAMA Internal Medicine.